Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith (reappointed) will oversee a further £12bn welfare cuts over the next few years. In addition to his Universal Credit programme not achieving value for money and being slower to implement than predicted and his savage sanctions and benefit caps, IDS strongly supports the exploitative Zero-Hours Contracts.

Minister for Employment Priti Patel who will oversee benefits sanctions, has said previously that she would support a return of the death penalty and refused to either confirm or deny her views during a Sky News interview this week.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt (reappointed) has been instrumental in the privatisation and subsequent dismantling of the NHS.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, former political secretary to Margaret Thatcher, will oversee the future of the BBC and has described the license fee as ‘worse than poll tax’. In addition to his pro-gambling stance, he has voted against gay marriage and is opposed to the fox hunting ban.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove, formerly Minister for Education, is in favour of capital punishment and has said previously that the UK was wrong to abolish hanging in the 1960s. He is also intending to repeal the Human Rights Act.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan (reappointed)is anti-arts education and has previously advised teenagers not to study arts and humanities if they a decent job. According to the Independent, she also pulled out of speaking at a teachers’ union NASUWT conference at short notice.